“I kind of have a happy magnet. I can’t stand being depressed, so I work my ass off to get out of it as soon as possible.” —Sarah McLachlan Woman Who Rocks: Sarah McLachlan Occupation: Singer, songwriter, and musician Why She Rocks: Well, obviously because she is an amazing singer and songwriter. But more important more…

Last week I wrote about how my yoga instructor basically had us play mind games to get us through the difficulty of boat pose. I’ll say it again: Yoga boat pose is definitely on my top-five list of poses I really dislike and is a boat trip I do not want to take. So, this more…

I could start out my day by saying I have to work today. I have to exercise and do my back stretches. I have to go grocery shopping. But I’m choosing to turn this all around with the simple substitution of one verb. Today I get to work and write and make a living doing more…

The other night in yoga class, we were in wide-legged forward bend (Prasarita Padottanasana), where the goal is to get your head to touch the floor. If you can imagine, my head is nowhere near the floor. The yoga instructor told us not to worry about getting our heads to the floor, but to do more…

On my quest to become more flexible in yoga, I had another small victory yesterday. In extended side angle pose I could never get my hand all the way down to the floor. Instead, I rested my arm on my leg like you see in this illustration. The full pose should look like this image more…